Japan-U.S. Seminar on Physics of High Power Laser Matter Interactions/Kyoto, Japan 9-13 March 1992

Contains essays presented at the Japan-US seminar held in Kyoto, Japan, in 1992. Topics covered include degenerate quantum-beat laser, potential of ultrashort and ultrahigh-power KrF lasers, excimer lamps for solid-state laser drivers and search for a visible wavelength nuclear pumped laser.